Mary Clancy
Canadian politician and lawyer
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Mary Catherine Clancy (born 13 January 1948) is a former Canadian politician and lawyer. She was the member of Parliament for the riding of Halifax from 1988 to 1997.
Mary Clancy | |
|---|---|
| 3rd President of Burlington College | |
| In office 2002–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Casey |
| Succeeded by | Jane O'Meara Sanders |
| Member of Parliament for Halifax | |
| In office 1988–1997 | |
| Preceded by | Stewart McInnes |
| Succeeded by | Alexa McDonough |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 January 1948 |
| Party | Liberal |
Career
Clancy won the Halifax electoral district for the Liberal Party in the 1988[1] and 1993 federal elections.[2][3] After serving in the 34th and 35th Canadian Parliaments, Clancy was defeated in the 1997 federal election by New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough.[4]
Subsequently, in 1997, she was appointed Canadian Consul General to Boston.[5][6]
From 2002 to 2003, Clancy was President of Burlington College in Burlington, Vermont.[7]
In popular culture
The 1997 federal election competition between Clancy and McDonough is the subject of the 1999 National Film Board documentary Why Women Run.[8]
Electoral record
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Mary Clancy | 21,326 | 45.91 | +2.90 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jim Vaughan | 9,600 | 20.67 | -17.31 | ||||
| Reform | Steve Greene | 6,717 | 14.46 | |||||
| New Democratic | Lynn Jones | 6,214 | 13.38 | -4.36 | ||||
| National | Charles Phillips | 1,383 | 2.98 | |||||
| Natural Law | Gilles Bigras | 448 | 0.96 | |||||
| Green | W. Vladimir Klonowski | 307 | 0.66 | |||||
| Independent | A.R. Art Canning | 277 | 0.60 | |||||
| Independent | Steve Rimek | 99 | 0.21 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Tony Seed | 84 | 0.18 | -0.08 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 46,455 | 99.06 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 439 | 0.94 | ||||||
| Turnout | 46,894 | 58.94 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 79,568 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +10.10 | ||||||
Changes for Marxist–Leninist candidate Tony Seed are based on his 1988 results, when he ran as an Independent.
| 1988 Canadian federal election: Halifax | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Mary Clancy | 22,470 | 43.00 | +8.64 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Stewart McInnes | 19,840 | 37.97 | -6.80 | ||||
| New Democratic | Ray Larkin | 9,269 | 17.74 | -2.71 | ||||
| Libertarian | Howard J. MacKinnon | 292 | 0.56 | |||||
| Communist | Miguel Figueroa | 151 | 0.29 | |||||
| Independent | Tony Seed | 134 | 0.26 | |||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | J. Basil MacDougall | 94 | 0.18 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 52,250 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | +7.72 | ||||||
